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Article #8Re: Format for backup WANTED
From: John Boyd
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 20:57
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1992 20:57
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In article <wutcd.718470985@hadrian> wutcd@chemnitz.guug.de (Joerg Wunsch) writes:
>le to use the format of backup (ugly, i know...) since this is a standard
>program which should be available at any newer DOS system. So i won't have
I don't know all the whys and wherefores, but suffice it to say that the
backup function is not compatible across all MS/PC-DOS platforms. I had
occasion to try it once. My recommendation is.. don't. Use something that
works the same at both the PC and *nix end, such as the tar you suggested,
or something else.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!destroyer!gatech!wrdis01!ocdis01!johnboyd From: johnboyd@ocdis01.UUCP (John Boyd) Newsgroups: comp.msdos.programmer,comp.os.msdos.misc Subject: Re: Format for backup WANTED Keywords: backup format Message-ID: <61@ocdis01.UUCP> Date: 8 Oct 92 20:57:55 GMT References: <wutcd.718470985@hadrian> Followup-To: comp.msdos.programmer Organization: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma Lines: 13